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The BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has accorded the Minister of State (MoS) status to five Hindu religious leaders. In retaliation, the Congress party has slammed the move.

The MoS status has been accorded to Narmadanand Maharaj, Hariharanand Maharaj, Computer Baba, Bhayyu Maharaj and Pandit Yogendra Mahant, as per the order of KK Katiya, General Administration Departments Additional Secretary

Ahead of Assembly elections due later this year, these five religious leaders were appointed to a committee set up for the conservation of the Narmada river.

The Congress has dubbed this move as an attempt by the BJP to exploit the respect these religious leaders enjoy in the society.

"Its a gimmick to score political points. This is also an effort by the chief minister (Shivraj Singh Chouhan) to wash off his sins," said Congress spokesperson Pankaj Chaturvedi.

"He ignored conservation of the Narmada. These saints should inspect where the state government has planted six crore saplings [along the river banks] as claimed by the CM," he said.

In resoponse, state BJP spokesperson Rajnish Agrawal said the opposition party dislikes anything related to saints.

"Saints and seers were accorded the MoS status to make their work of environment and river conservation easy. The saints were roped in for the Narmada conservation work to ensure public participation, said Agrawal.